Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-02-03
NUMBER 80. AT LOW PRICES

quick. and said, shark ~ He caught me by
I the arm and led me way back of the house,
and said, WHY, yon should net talk about
hayiag bees right before them. Thev will
] bear you and they won't do yon any good !;
but II you want a gum, ron can come some
daa night and take a gum AWAY. But sou
must not speak word, and ron lay three
silver dollars right where the gum stood,
and that viii break the spell.n Well, did In
=" some dark night and get the beess yo,
did naI: for found anothea nefghbor who
had bees and Was not afraid 10 60 and show
me the bees. and turn down the gum, and
let me tooA in 10 see they were all right. So
bought gum and was to Jet it remain
where ii was until Geld weather, when /
could take il home without in5urinr the bees
In the following winter there came n deem
snow, and then rain on the snow. which
made hard, smooth crust that would sear
persen up. said TO myself, snow ID your
time" So | made me hand sled TO bring
the bees home on. 1 started after them with
the sled, riding down hill and walking up.
When i reached that mountain EAST of
the Upper and south Of the
lever Shuf-In, took path that led up the
north side, which kept along the side Of the
mountain-tep; and WAY down below under
Il high bluff of rocks the creek ran. After
reaching the top Of the mouaatain, where the
path began TO decend, got on the sled and
started down the mountain side I was
makins splendid time, and just enjoying my
sell, uhen right before me saw a large sheet
Of ice a. smooth As ice gets, extending across
my path and covering a large piece Of the
snow, and extending way down the noun
fain-side. / WAS going so fast could not
step nay sled, and a. soon Ms 1t struck the ice
we started down the side Of the mountain
side towards the blun of locks Ike whirie-
wind. l tell you it made my hair just stand
mp ike qnills. Before had gone more than
a hundred yards my sled str uck n large rock
and smashed ii to kindiing- wood, and
went over ahat rock ike a shot and lit ON my
back way down sander, on the in, and just
kept going, until, just before got to the
edge Of the blus, caught on little bunch
Of bushes where 1 stopped. And now,
how am / to get away from here. / can't
wait for the ice TO thaw. So, after looking
all around, I see, few yards from me, some
tufts Of grass. III can only reach those,
can work my way OF Of the ice On TO the
snow After resting made the trial. By
living down and working along carefully, 1T
last reached the snow and got on nav feet
again. And don't you think / felt real
thankful 10 be ON less slippery places once
more: / then started down tbs mountain on
NY feet and soon reached the place where
my bees were. The family came TO the door
ana said, "where II your sled"' Itoldthem
if they wanted some kindiing- weod we
would go back and ret it. Alter relating all .
the circumstances. we wenr In the black
smith shop, which Was IA the ard, nd made
us some eTuEs uf iron TO put on our shoes.
and went back to see the place. AfferSef:s-
Tying cur curiosity, we went back and made
anefher sled. and in the morning we pr.f
that beegnm on the sled and started home.
But We did not 60 back over the mountain,
bglf took The plain Travelled road. Do you
want to know bow those bees prospered.
The next summer that gum sent out three
fne swain ms, and in two or three years we
had all the bees and all the honey we could
make use Of Honey every meal and between
meals. These must have been a different
kird Of bees from those the old Delghbor
wouldn't sell in their hearing. Don'f YOU
think sos TPR